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Nothing but Space

Abigail Myers When it became clear that the pregnancy wasn’t viable, the doctor asked what my holiday plans were, a banal question suddenly loaded with urgency; and when I told her, she simply...

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Take Me to the River

Shilo Niziolek “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here together today to look into the face of the river.” — Mary Ruefle The week-long heat wave has finally broken, but before it broke, I forced...

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The Lucky Shirt

Beneth Goldschmidt-Sauer I had a lucky shirt I wore the whole time. I took it off only to sleep and to wash it in the laundry room at the hotel, where the jungly humidity and the smells from the...

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How I Learned to Love My Mother   

Aida Zilelian “Don’t bother your mother this morning,” my grandmother Shaké said. She had her back turned to us, rummaging for items in the refrigerator. My sister Alice and I sat at the...

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Kateryna Bortsova

“Eye” “Cuban Woman” “Broken Mirror” Kateryna Bortsova KATERYNA BORTSOVA is a painter – a graphic artist with BFA in graphic arts and MFA. Works of Kateryna took...

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Aleksandra Chechel

“Mithrandir” “Nebula” “Primordial Soup” “Space Ghost” Aleksandra Chechel ALEKSANDRA CHECHEL is Russian-born and Brooklyn based. She takes her love for...

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Mickey Haist Jr.

Clashing in Good Faith Oil on canvas I Lost Something in the Hills Oil on canvas Mickey Haist Jr. is a painter and teacher, living in the Southwest with his wife. He started painting during lockdown....

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Lament

Lydia Golitz Second Runner-up in the 2022 Greg Grummer Poetry Contest Here is my desperate garden, my lease of sand and gravel.  Where Saint Catherine lies with her head off in the yellow...

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Matt Gold

1202 Mixed media digital art 1208 Mixed media digital art Matt Gold is based in Brooklyn, NY, where he divides his time between music and photography. As evidence of the democratizing nature of his...

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A Bed Filled with Birds

Faith Shearin 2022 Spring Fiction Contest Winner During the months after her husband, Max, died, Jane adhered to a self-imposed schedule. She had gotten this idea from a widow she’d met in her...

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